Indonesia's children see ravaged environment in their future

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceAug 11, 2014, 10:30 am58 pts
A generation ago, Borneo was one of the wildest places on the planet. But decades of logging and oil palm plantations has changed the landscape of Borneo forever: in fact a recent study found that the island has lost 30 percent of its total forest cover since 1973. In the face of this large-scale environmental…

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